Platform with an autonomous powering engine for mounting onto a firewood splitting apparatus

Abstract

A platform for mounting of an autonomous powering engine onto a firewood splitting apparatus includes a rigid bearing frame on which a powering engine is mounted. The engine is connected to a transmission, which is mechanically connected with a cardan coupling of a firewood splitting apparatus. The frame is arranged a distance apart from the ground and in a plane parallel to a plane defined by resting surfaces on supporting legs of a firewood splitting machine. The frame is furnished with two parallel and pivotal linear bearing beams that are pivotal around the axis that extends perpendicularly with respect to the plane of the frame and is pivotally connected with each corresponding connecting seat to establish a detachable interconnection with each disposable bottom connecting seat on a firewood splitting apparatus.

What is claimed is: 
     
       1. A platform for mounting of an autonomous powering engine onto a firewood splitting apparatus, comprising:
 a rigid bearing frame on the top surface of which at least one engine is mounted, wherein the rigid bearing frame is:
 capable to operate autonomously and independently on each powering means available on a tractor; 
 furnished with a energy source that is configured to supply energy to said engine that is furthermore mechanically connected to a transmission and configured to receive a torque there-from and transfer said torque with a cardan joint of a firewood splitting apparatus, wherein said frame is arranged at a distance above each ground and in a plane which extends at least approximately parallel with a plane defined by resting surfaces of supporting legs on said firewood splitting apparatus, and wherein said frame is on its bottom surface furnished with linear pivotal bearing beams, which extend parallel with each other and are each on their end portions faced towards the frame pivotally around the axis that extends perpendicularly with regard to the dominant plane of said frame, connected with said frame, while each of said beams is on its opposite end portion that protrudes away from the area of said frame, pivotally around the axis that extends perpendicularly with respect to said dominant plane of the frame and is connected with each belonging connecting seat that is adjusted for establishing a detachable interconnection between each disposable bottom connecting seat of a firewood splitting apparatus using at least two bolts, which are arranged apart of each other and parallel with each other and are each insertable through suitable bores and secured from undesired removal there-from, and wherein said pivotal interconnection between each bearing beam and each corresponding connecting seat is arranged such that said pivoting can be temporarily disabled by means of fixation of a bearing beam in each desired position thereof. 
 
 
     
     
       2. The platform according to  claim 1 , wherein said pivotal interconnection between each bearing beam and said bearing frame of the platform is arranged by means of freely rotatable hinges, while the pivotal interconnection between each bearing beam and each belonging connecting seat is arranged by means of hinges, at least one of which is adjusted to be fixed in each desired position. 
     
     
       3. The platform according to  claim 2 , wherein, for the purposes of blocking of said hinge in each desired position, each of relatively to each other rotatable parts of the hinge on the bearing beam and on the connecting seat is furnished with a flange, which is furnished with a plurality of throughout bores which are equidistantly arranged along the circumference thereof such that said bolt is insertable through two coinciding bores on said flanges on said bearing beam and said connecting seat. 
     
     
       4. The platform according to  claim 1 , wherein each of said connecting seats is furnished with bores which are spaced apart from each other and adapted for establishing interconnection with the bottom connecting seat of a firewood splitting apparatus by means of a bolt and corresponds to a bottom connecting seat of a tractor three-point connecting mechanism to which the firewood splitting apparatus is detachably connectable in the area of the bottom connecting seat. 
     
     
       5. The platform according to  claim 1 , wherein said cardan coupling on said transmission means corresponds to a tractor cardan coupling by which via appropriate cardan transmission said firewood splitting apparatus is connectable. 
     
     
       6. The platform according to  claim 1 , wherein said powering engine is an internal combustion engine, which is selected from a group consisting of two- or four stroke gasoline engines, diesel engines, and gas engines. 
     
     
       7. The platform according to  claim 1 , wherein said powering engine is an electric motor. 
     
     
       8. A firewood splitting apparatus, comprising:
 a rigid frame with supporting legs adjusted for placement of the apparatus on at least approximately horizontal ground area for the purposes of transporting of the apparatus by means of a common tractor which is on its rear side furnished with a common three-point connecting mechanism as well as with a cardan coupling suitable for driving of agricultural or forestry accessories by means of each tractor engine and via corresponding cardan shaft, 
 wherein a longitudinal chute is available on said frame of said firewood splitting apparatus and is adjusted for receiving each log that is to be split, and 
 wherein a saw mounted in the area of said chute and is adjusted for cutting of logs to longitudinal sections of a predetermined length, and 
 wherein said chute is on its one terminal portion furnished with a support suitable for retaining said log section by performing splitting thereof, and on the other end portion with a splitting blade that is displaceable in the longitudinal direction of the apparatus and is attached to a movable part of a hydraulic cylinder that includes a stationary part which is mechanically connected with said frame of the apparatus while its movable part is connected with said blade, and 
 wherein said frame is for the purposes of establishing each detachable mechanical connection with said common three-point mechanism on each tractor furnished with an upper connecting seat, comprising:
 a pair of eyes that are in parallel spaced apart from each other and each per se furnished with coaxial throughout passages, through which a bolt is insertable, which is secured against undesired removal, and moreover, said frame is also furnished with a pair of bottom connecting seats each of which also comprises a pair of connecting eyes that are in parallel spaced apart from each other and are each furnished with coaxial throughout bores through which a bolt is insertable, and which is secured against undesired removal, and wherein said frame is also furnished with a cardan coupling that is suitable to be interconnected with a cardan shaft and configured to transmit torque from each complementary cardan coupling on the tractor, and wherein said frame is also furnished with a hydraulic driving assembly that includes a hydraulic circuit with a pump, which is powered via said cardan coupling and cardan transmission by means of a tractor engine, as well as includes a reservoir for hydraulic media together with corresponding control assembly through which said hydraulic cylinder, to which said splitting blade is attached, is supplied by said hydraulic media, and wherein:
 at least in the area of said bottom connecting seats, each of said connecting eyes is furnished with two spaced apart throughout passages such that one passage on the one eye as well as on the residual eye are arranged coaxially with each other and adapted to receive a bolt that is secured against undesired removal, wherein said apparatus is furthermore furnished with a platform which is secured by means of said bolts in a detachable manner connectable to said apparatus at least in the area of said bottom connecting seats. 
 
 
 
     
     
       9. The apparatus according to  claim 8 , wherein said pivotal interconnection between each bearing beam and said bearing frame of the platform is arranged by means of freely rotatable hinges, while the pivotal interconnection between each bearing beam and each belonging connecting seat is arranged by means of hinges, at least one of which is adjusted to be fixed in each desired position. 
     
     
       10. The apparatus according to  claim 9 , wherein for the purposes of blocking of said hinge in each desired position, each rotatable parts of the hinge on the bearing beam and on the connecting seat is furnished with a flange that is furnished with a plurality of throughout passages that are equidistantly arranged along the circumference thereof such that a bolt is insertable through two coinciding bores on said flanges in the bearing beam and the connecting seat. 
     
     
       11. The apparatus according to  claim 8 , wherein each of said connecting seats is furnished with bores that are adapted for establishing interconnection with the bottom connecting seat of a firewood splitting apparatus by means of a bolt that corresponds to a bottom connecting seat of a tractor three-point connecting mechanism to which the firewood splitting apparatus is detachably connectable in the area of the bottom connecting seat. 
     
     
       12. The apparatus according to  claim 8 , wherein said cardan coupling on said transmission means corresponds to a tractor cardan coupling via which an appropriate cardan transmission said firewood splitting apparatus is connectable. 
     
     
       13. The apparatus according to  claim 8 , wherein said powering engine is an internal combustion engine that is selected from a group consisting of two- or four stroke gasoline engines, diesel engines, and gas engines. 
     
     
       14. The apparatus according to  claim 8 , wherein said powering engine is an electric motor.